Their biggest hits include Back in Black, Highway to Hell, and You Shook Me All Night Long. The group is estimated to have sold more than 200 million records worldwide, including 71.5 million albums in the US.

“As his brother it is hard to express in words what he has meant to me during my life, the bond we had was unique and very special. He leaves behind an enormous legacy that will live on forever.

“Malcolm, job well done.”

The band’s backbone

Mark Savage, BBC Music reporter

Malcolm Young was never the star attraction of AC/DC’s live shows. That honour went to his younger brother, Angus, dressed like a schoolboy and duck-walking across the stage like Chuck Berry.

But Malcolm gave the band their backbone. He wrote brutally efficient riffs and played them with concentrated ferocity, proving you don’t need to rifle through 127 notes to be effective. And, while AC/DC rarely strayed from the template they set on Highway To Hell and Back in Black, those guitar lines inspired generations, from Metallica’s James Hetfield to Guns N’ Roses’ Izzy Stradlin.

Yet he took great care over AC/DC’s sound, stripping out unnecessary flourishes and, unusually, playing with his amp turned down so the microphone could pick out the details.

Still, it was concerts that got his blood racing. “There’s nothing like playing on stage,” he said. “If it’s a good night, it’s just like the first night. Same buzz. Same excitement.”

That made his final tour with AC/DC all the more tragic. As his dementia progressed, the guitarist found himself unable to remember the riffs to songs like Hell’s Bells and You Shook Me All Night Long, having to relearn them for every show.

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